Kusagusano Miyuki - Kusagusano Miyuki

Japanese: クサグサノミユキ - くさぐさのみゆき
Kusagusano Miyuki - Kusagusano Miyuki

...They were conscripted by the kokugunji to do miscellaneous local services for up to 60 days a year. Miyuki was institutionalized in the Asuka Kiyomihara Code when the Chinese Ritsuryo system was adopted, but it has an ancient reading of Kusagusano Miyuki, and is a labor service that follows the lineage of Miyuki from before the Ritsuryo system. Miyuki is presumed to have originated from the service duties given to the Emperor or his Mikotomochi (Kokusai, etc.) when they traveled around the provinces, and is thought to have been labor for the Imperial Court, separate from the labor that local powerful clans independently conscripted from the local community.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kusagusanomiyuki" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…年間60日以内,国郡司によって地方の雑役に徴発された。雑徭は中国の律令制の継受にともない,飛鳥浄御原令(あすかきよみはらりよう)で制度化されたが,クサグサノミユキの古訓があり,律令制以前からのミユキの系譜をひく労役であった。ミユキは天皇またはそのミコトモチ(国宰など)が地方に巡行してきたときの奉仕役にその起源があると推定され,地方豪族が地域社会で独自に徴発してきた労役とは別系列の,朝廷のための労役であったと考えられる。…

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出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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